Publications and Presentations
Current Projects
The TN Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services funds our ongoing research projects. Below is a list of our current projects.
- Expectancies of substance use and gambling
- Self-awareness of gambling problems and prevalence of gambling problems
- Efficacy of CBT with gambling amongst different populations
- Self-exclusion from gambling vendors
- Social media ads and gambling
- HiTOP model and gambling
Book
Whelan, J. P., Steenbergh, T. A., & Meyers, A. W. (2007) Problem and Pathological Gambling. Cambridge MA: Hogrefe & Huber.
Sample of Peer-Reviewed Articles
Pfund, R. A., King, S. A., Forman, D. P., Zech, J. M., Ginley, M. K., Peter, S. C., McAfee, N. W., Witkiewitz, K., & Whelan, J. P. (2023). Effects of cognitive-behavioral techniques for gambling on recovery defined by gambling, psychological functioning, and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
Horn, T. L., Whelan, J. P., & Weil, G. T. (2022). Does acute alcohol consumption increase risk-taking while gambling? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction. DOI: 10.1111/add.15896
Peter, S. C., Horn, T. L., McPhail, A., Meyers, A., & Whelan, J. P. (2021). Frequent gamblers’ reasons for and against completing a problem gambling screener. Journal of Gambling Studies, 37(4), 1335-1346.
McPhail, A., Whelan, J. P., Peter, S. C., Li, Q., Winters, K. C., & Meyers, A. W. (2020). Sweetening the pot: Exploring differences between frequent gamblers who do and do not gamble under the influence of cannabis. Addictive Behaviors, 110.
Peter, S. C., Li, Q., Pfund, R. A., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2019). Public stigma across addictive behaviors: Casino gambling, eSports gambling, and Internet gaming. Journal of Gambling Studies. 35(1), 247-259.
Peter, S. C., Whelan, J. P., Pfund, R. A., & Meyers, A. W. (2018). A text comprehension approach to questionnaire readability: An example using gambling disorder measures. Psychological Assessment, 30(12), 1567-1580.
Pfund, R. A., Whelan, J. P., Greenburg, J. E., Peter, S. C., Wilson, K. K., & Meyers, A. W. (2017). Psychological distress as an indicator of co-occurring psychopathology among treatment-seeking disordered gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33, 907-918.
Simmons, J. L., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Wickwire, E. M. (2016) Gambling outcome expectancies and gambling behavior among African-American adolescents: Gender as a moderating variable. Journal of Gambling Studies, 32, 205-215.
Teeters, J. B., Ginley, M. K., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Pearlson, G. D. (2015). The moderating effect of gender on the relation between expectancies and gambling frequency among college students. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31, 173-182.
Ginley, M. K., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., Relyea, G. E., & Pearlson, G. D. (2014). Exploring a multidimensional approach to impulsivity in predicting college student gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 30, 521-536.
Winfree, W. R., Meyers, A. W., & Whelan, J. P. (2013). Validation of a Spanish translation of the gamblers' beliefs questionnaire. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,27(1), 274-278.
Mitzner, G. B., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2011). Comments from the trenches: Proposed changes to the DSM-V classification of pathological gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 27, 517-521.
Wickwire, E. M., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2010). Outcome expectancies and gambling behavior among urban adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 75-88.